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Alan Cheesewright

Page history last edited by Ian Gillis 8 years ago

Died 24 February 2015

 

Tributes from Colleagues

 

I'm so sorry to hear that. Alan was a friend of mine for many years.
Robin Webb

Sad news.
I knew / worked with Alan over many years. I occasionally saw him in town after his retirement and always had a little chat.
As I remember Alan was always a great aficionado of vinyl records played on expensive turntables – did he ever get to accept the CD format?
Steve Bousfield

Very sad news. I had the pleasure of working with Alan on the Simcats project and worked in an adjacent office in E building at Writtle road for quite a while. He will be missed.
John Marrs

Very sad news - he was a great guy.
AlanHS

Sad news. I worked with Alan on various projects while I was in engineering but also had much closer dealings during my proposals days. He was a great fellow, engineer and gentleman.
Ben Bingley

Very sad news. Regularly met up with Alan on Saturday mornings as I was walking into town for a chat and wondered why I hadn't seen him for a while. Very decent and likeable guy.
Barry France

1) I met up with Alan every Monday afternoon for the past 10 years or more and we constructed valve amplifiers and generally messed around with test equipment. We also listened to 1920s/30s 78 rpm records, he didn't really accept CDs but he really liked the mini disc system and would buy up mini disc players, recorders at Cash Convertors. He was known there as the Mini Disc Man. He had a huge collection of 78 rpm records and while handing them to me for storage, would often say 'Careful of that record, it cost me £80'.  He built special filters to process his 78 records thus reducing hiss and crackle and would then record many of them onto mini discs. I shall miss my Monday afternoon sessions with him but it was good while it lasted.
2) I introduced Alan to the 21st Century after a great deal of persuasion so that he could use the music-
identity programme, Shazam, on his new I-Pad, that listened to his records and identified the name
of the song and artist. He found this fascinating and would often try to catch it out.
Norman Awcock

Yes sad news,
I got to know Alan much better after leaving Radar and even more so after retiring. I would often meet Alan in town or in Tesco's. It would be a relief to leave the wife to the shopping and sitting having having a chat with Alan. Alas no more.
Geoff Blake

Sad news indeed.  Alan was a "real" Systems Engineer and a gentleman, capable of successfully interfacing with the highest and the lowest on a project.
I had the pleasure of working with him on the South African East London ATC proposal for some weeks.
ESD (ex Marconi South Africa - for whom I was working at that time) were also agents for Selenia who were also bidders, and in no uncertain terms (presumably because we were the "Bleddy engalsman") the ESD MD - an aptly named "Bull Pretorius" - told us to 'b*gg*r off and work somewhere else!  Without more ado Alan decided to do just that and base ourselves at his hotel (a 5 star joint in nearby Sandon - things were done 'proper' in those days) so, along with my wife Manuela plus a borrowed typewriter, we continued with the proposal.  The Marconi bid was successful!!  
Cyril Froggatt

I am saddened to read about Alan's passing. I worked with him on ATC projects over many years. I had many talks with him about his early vinyl jazz records.
I am sure that we all have fond memories of him. Rest in peace Alan.
Tony Desmond

Sorry to hear of Alan's passing, he was indeed a nice guy and always helpful and available. It is said that during his many travels over the years to far flung places, his recipe to stay healthy was to stick to a diet of well done steak, chips and peas! Seemed to work for him.
Neil Bennett

You are right Neil. When we doing the 511 demo at Grand Canyon airport we challenged him to eat a 24oz steak...which he did. He (we) never forgot that.
A lovely man who I worked with for many years. We exchanged Christmas cards and phone calls for as long as I can remember. Just before Christmas he got an iPad, and an email address (he never had a computer until then) and sent me a lovely message.
Robin Webb

Yes indeed very sad news. I worked with Alan on many projects. Abroad he lived on steak and ice cream, never a slave to fashion I remember many times when he would wear a knotted handkerchief to protect his head from the sun. During the time when man-bags were de rigueur on the continent I recall Alan alighting from the plan and getting out his wash bag saying it was dual purpose. Until quite recently he would park outside our house to visit a friend where they would spend the afternoon listening to 78s - a real one off character who will be sadly missed.
Nigel Cutmore

Very sad news. I had the pleasure of working with Alan on the Simcats project and worked in an adjacent office in E building at Writtle road for quite a while. He will be missed.
John Marrs

Found out in the MOGS pub today. He just lived down the road from me. Last year we fixed a old PYE receiver which was my mothers! I gave him all my stock of valves 12at's etc. Hope you inherit them Norman? So friendly and with a fine  sense of fun........... bye Alan!
Brian Clark

 

 

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